Month: January 2012

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is reported now that Santos Komakech and George Agaba, the individuals at the center of the death (s) in Luzira/PortBell may be charged with murder (possibly manslaughter in the alternative). The story is still alive in the news and getting heavy play on social networking sites. The New Vision and Daily Monitor have offered

Reading Time: 4 minutesLt. Col. Paddy Ankunda is the Spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia ( AMISOM). Uganda contributes the bulk of the AMISOM force together with Burundi.Question: When do you hope to come home? What has serving in Somalia meant to you personally? Answer: My tour of duty ends in May this year. So,

Reading Time: 5 minuteslived in the Bugolobi flats, the Israeli-built originally officer homes, in Kampala of the early 80’s, you would have dwelt side by side with unexploded ordinance, grounded military personnel carriers (APC’s) and a market neighborhood referred to by residents as the “Middle East” (now Bugolobi market). The story goes that lower ranking officers from Mbuya

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn December, my mother told me after a 4-year wait to have power extended to her retirement home in one of Uganda’s western towns, she had been asked by officials of Umeme, the power distributor, to buy her own “transformer”. This is because where her house is, according to the same guys was removed from

Reading Time: 4 minutesAwangale Ssabasajja. The announcement that the “Buganda Kingdom” was gifted this “New Year “with a son- the second male son of the reigning monarch Ssabasajja Ronald Muwenda was a pleasant surprise. This is mainly because healthy babies are a pleasant surprise anywhere. In the case of Prince Richard Ssemakokiro- he would have been last year’s

Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite its high profile within the Ugandan press, the strike by Kampala traders association revealed familiar lessons without much progress on how either the traders hoped to overcome their problems or how we can all learn to overcome ours within the Ugandan political system. Firstly, it confirmed the obvious that most strikes end up with

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe granting of new licences, along with the setting up of institutions created by the Petroleum Bill, will be a test of the new law. FILE Nation Media Group IN SUMMARY Kenya also plans to introduce a new licensing round following recent gas and oil finds in the northern regions. The granting of new licences,

Reading Time: 3 minutesUganda’s oil sector: There will be few surprises when two oil bills are tabled before the Ugandan Parliament in February. The bills are already late after the Parliament read the Executive the riot act in 2011. Both bills have been considered by the cabinet. They are the Petroleum (Exploration , Development and Production) Bill 2011